News stories from October 2008
59 News Stories
Stories 1 - 10
- Study: 38m Brits to be web-connected this year
- 31 October 2008
- Over 38 million Britons will have accessed the internet by the end of 2008, according to a new report.The Internet Users and Usage Update report from eMarketer said that this will represent an increas...
- Category: Internet Marketing,
- Google hosting 10.5m websites, new figures show
- 31 October 2008
- Google currently hosts about 10.5 million websites, representing 5.7 per cent of all sites detected across the internet, new statistics have suggested.Published by Netcraft, the figures also indicated...
- Category: Web Design,
- US voters 'turning to online video for election info'
- 30 October 2008
- A significant proportion of US voters are using the internet to watch videos relating to this year's presidential election, new research has revealed.According to the study by Compete for Cisco, traff...
- Category: Rich Media,
- Engadget 'most visited blog in UK'
- 30 October 2008
- Technology site Engadget was the most visited blog by UK web users during August, new research has revealed.About 243,000 people flocked to the blog during the month, with other popular blogs includin...
- Category: Web 2.0,
- Budget travel, cruise sites 'benefiting from downturn'
- 29 October 2008
- Traffic to budget travel sites has seen a significant increase in the past year as a result of the tightening economy, according to new figures.Published by Hitwise, the statistics showed that traffic...
- Category: E-commerce,
- Credit crunch 'leading to rise in price comparison site sales'
- 29 October 2008
- Sales from price comparison websites are on the up as consumers seek to beat the credit crunch, according to a new report.Research by E-consultancy and DoubleClick found that 43 per cent of polled ret...
- Category: E-commerce,
- Online video popularity rising, says US study
- 29 October 2008
- Online video services are enjoying a more mainstream audience than ever before, new data has revealed.According to the Ipsos MediaCT MOTION study, the popularity of online video is increasing with wom...
- Category: Rich Media,
- Expert: Clarity key to e-commerce website success
- 28 October 2008
- Businesses looking to improve their e-commerce websites should look at three key areas to ensure they are maximising sales, according to one expert.Writing for the Guardian's enterprise supplement, Ro...
- Category: E-commerce,
- Self-service websites 'must work efficiently'
- 27 October 2008
- Self-service commercial websites need to be well-designed and managed in order to make a profit, an industry expert has asserted.Gerry McGovern of Customer Carewords claimed the purpose of any website...
- Category: Web Design,
- Nielsen warns against non-standard UI features
- 27 October 2008
- One of the biggest website design mistakes made by developers is the use of customised graphical user interface (GUI) features such as scrollbars and forms, according to one expert.Speaking to .net ma...
- Category: Web Design,
